Foreclosures

Mortgage applications fell 4.7% from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly survey.

CV Holdings agreed to a new financing arrangement with Tricadia Capital Management to expand its business of acquiring and servicing nonperforming loans.

A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to rig public foreclosure auctions in Northern California between 2008 and 2011.

The default law firm Fisher Law Group in Upper Marlboro, Md., has been sold to a California investment firm.

Home prices rose 1.2% in April, from the previous month, in the largest seasonal gain since 2005, according to FNC.

The rate of mortgages delinquent for at least 30 days rose 4% in May from the previous month, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

Senate Democrats are urging regulators to investigate potential discrimination in how banks and other financial institutions handle and market foreclosed homes.

Royal Financial in Chicago has agreed to sell $29.1 million in distressed assets, a deal mandated by a bankruptcy judge as part of the company's acquisition of PNA Bank.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California has indicted Robert Farrace of Modesto, Calif., on charges of wire fraud in connection to a short-sale scheme.

The number of homes classified as serious delinquencies fell 2% from March to April, as industry players continue to use short sales and other techniques, according to the advocacy group Hope Now.

A flood of ex-homeowners may be ready to re-enter the mortgage market over the next five years, according to a TransUnion report.

RealtyTrac reported 126,868 foreclosure filings last month, the highest level of activity in 19 months, driven mainly by bank repossessions and a 5% year-over-year increase in scheduled foreclosure auctions.

A new analysis from CoreLogic found that 254,000 homes regained equity in the first quarter, meaning there are now 44.9 million mortgaged properties (representing 90% of the total) that are above water as of March 31.

A Virginia man on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges tied to bogus real estate transactions conducted between 2006 and 2007.

The decline in foreclosures and short sales is contributing to the dearth of housing inventory, complicating the prospects for home buyers feeling the pinch of tight credit and lenders that need purchase mortgages to supplant refinancing once interest rates rise.

California Gov. Jerry Brown violated state law by diverting more than $331 million in mortgage settlement funds for uses unrelated to housing, a Superior Court judge ruled.

A new Department of Housing and Urban Development policy will make it easier for servicers to transfer certain reverse mortgages back to HUD instead of foreclosing on widowed nonborrower spouses.

The number of vacant and abandoned properties that are in foreclosure decreased in the second quarter, according to a RealtyTrac report.

The California Reinvestment Coalition has called for a federal investigation into the foreclosure policies of OneWest Bank in minority neighborhoods.

The number of homes in foreclosure continues to decrease, although the number of homeowners in default or in foreclosure proceedings remains higher than pre-financial-crisis levels, according to CoreLogic.